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Microsoft Word 2013 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.

    <VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows for determining if Word files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If enabling this poli...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO328 - Use online translation dictionaries

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  • Online translation dictionaries must not be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting allows you to prevent online dictionaries from being used for the translation of text through the Research pane....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO333 - Word 2 and earlier binary documents

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  • Word 2 and earlier binary documents and templates must be blocked for open/save.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files saved in the specified format. Enabling block o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO334 - Word 2000 binary documents and templates

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    Group
  • Word 2000 binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save files saved in the specified format. Enabling the editing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO336 - Word 6.0 binary documents and templates

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    Group
  • Word 6.0 binary documents and templates must be configured for block open/save actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files saved in the specified format. Enabling block o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Word 95 binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save files saved in the specified format. Enabling the editing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO338 - Word 97 binary documents and templates

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    Group
  • Word 97 binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save files saved in the specified format. Enabling the editing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO339 - Word XP binary documents and templates

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  • Word XP binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save files saved in the specified format. Enabling the editing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO426 - Custom XML markup warning

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    Group
  • Word must be configured to warn when opening a document with custom XML markup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting specifies how Word behaves when opening a document that contains custom XML markup. Versions of Word that...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO600 - Macros must be blocked from running in Office 2013 files from the Internet.

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    Group
  • Macros must be blocked from running in Office 2013 files from the Internet.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to block macros from running in Office files that come from the Internet. If you enable this p...
    Rule Medium Severity

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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